Many events honor vets

2:37 PM,
Nov. 12, 2012

Written by

Tricia Vanderhoof
| For the Daily Record

Veterans Day this year falls on Monday, Nov. 12. It's largely overlooked as far as food is concerned, but there's an urban myth associated with the holiday.

Remembrance Day commemorated the armistice signed in 1918 on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in Germany, officially ending World War I between that country and the Allies.

The following year, President Woodrow Wilson declared it Armistice Day, which was dedicated to the cause of world peace and was acknowledged with a two-minute moment of silence at 11 a.m. Since 1954, it has been designated Veterans Day. ...